‘Centers Dominate Tourney

Born Favored to Maintain
Centers’ Scoring String

6-9 length of lefthander, Kansas’ B. H. Born, will be the
prime guardian of the postman’s unbroken string of in-
dividual Big Seven tournament scoring championships when
. the eighth annual meet gets out of the starting blocks Satur-
day night in Kansas City.

This phenomenon of pivot dominance of the tourney point
race was originated by Oklahoma’s Gerald Tucker in 1946,
when the meet was founded in the final year of the old Big
Six. The hefty, 6-4 Sooner center rimmed 64 ‘points over the
three-game route despite OU’s firstround Eee at gs hands
of Kansas State.

This stood as a tournament canaid for four years be-
fore the Jayhawkers Colossus, Clyde Lovellette, nee
home 82 markers as a junior in 1950.

 
  
 
   
   
   
  
 

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allowed the individual point flag to es
secutive meets. Bill Waters, the pond
Tucker as OU’s top pivot, also fol

for a meet point title but
arold Howey, fiery forward
of ‘Kansas State’s champior , by two lengths.

Here is the breakdown 0 ) the current streak:
Year. Name, Team

  

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1946 Gerald Tucker, Oklahoma | eovecsoreebesasesretsesessoe 26 2 6 64
1947. Bill Waters, Oklahoma .....eedecesseeesccserescsseens: 165,23 )-F. 40
1948 Gené Petersen, Kansas ... Serer rrr errr err) 20, AL 28 S51
1949 Clyde Lovellette, Kansas . 06 ve 010; 00.8 0 0016 6 0e ccare'e eo 14 va “

1950 Clyde Lovellette, Kansas .
1951 Clyde Lovellette, Kansas ... oc ececccetvbosecece et

52 Dick Anostman, Kansas State ...-.sscceccsesseseveees 25-10 WZ

Otf the basis of the conterence’s early outings, Bain is the

heir apparent to this roster. In the Jayhawkers’ three games
he has nailed 77 points for a 25.6 average to lead all league

point-smiths. — .
It Born falters, three other pivots will be on hand to keep

the torch away from the forwards and guards. Missouri’s
Bob Reiter, a 6-8 junior, is averaging 17.7 points per start to
ani. next to Born in the league’s early scoring tables. Ne-
braska’s Bill Johnson and Bob Waller, Oklahoma’s ‘versatile

shooter, are carrying 14.7 means.

Thru’ games of December 19 here’s how the Big Suen top ten eee tin

up as they head for the four-dya derby in Kansas City:
Name, Team, Position

B. H. Born, Kansas, ¢ Sb Ge bith clieieis oeicuiea os po akinnt

Bob Reiter, MisSOuri, C s.sseescsecersensesevceeceers

Dutch Van Cleave,. Iowa State, Zeseeseresescecessces

- Fred Segar, Nebraska, & ...cscocsevccesvescsvencese

Gene Stauffer, Kansas State, © weccccvcccesseceseces

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